Grief, Loss, and Loneliness After 60: How to Finally Heal | Sixty and Me

Grief, Loss, and Loneliness After 60: How to Finally Heal | Sixty and Me

By the time you reach 60, you’ve buried people you love. Maybe your best friend from college. Maybe siblings, parents, the person you thought you’d grow old with. And with those losses often comes something harder to name: a deep loneliness, even when you’re surrounded by family. A heaviness that won’t lift. A sense that … Read more

BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism

BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism

The BBC’s Broadcasting House in London, England, on July 10, 2023. Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following criticism over bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC had been … Read more

Cleveland Guardians pitchers indicted for scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown

Cleveland Guardians pitchers indicted for scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown

Cleveland Guardians’ Luis Ortiz pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, in Cleveland, April 30, 2025. Sue Ogrocki | AP Photo Two pitchers from the Cleveland Guardians were indicted on charges related to a sports betting and money laundering conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced Sunday, the latest scandal tied to … Read more

Animal Origami: The Physics of Nature’s Folds – and How Technology is Adapting Them

Animal Origami: The Physics of Nature’s Folds – and How Technology is Adapting Them

The earwig’s delicate, paper-thin wings can open 10x their folded size due to its origami-like creases – Credit: ETH Zurich / Purdue University (Article by Rohini Subrahmanyam originally published by Knowable Magazine) As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor  swims around hunting for food, it does something remarkable: In a blink, the tiny protist extends its … Read more

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a memo late Saturday evening, threatened to enact financial penalties on states that issued full monthly SNAP benefits … Read more

Prostate Cancer Patients Offered Fresh Hope by Promising New Drug Combination

Prostate Cancer Patients Offered Fresh Hope by Promising New Drug Combination

Prostate cancer cells by National Institutes of Health Men with advanced prostate cancer have been offered fresh hope thanks to a “promising” new drug combination. It could significantly delay the progression of a deadly form of the disease in patients with specific genetic mutations, say scientists at University College London following a major international trial. … Read more

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later

Handwritten messages from World War I soldiers found inside a bottle during beach clean-up in Australia – Credit: Debra Brown Australian soldiers slipped the letters into a bottle, closed the cap, and pitched it overboard from a ship in the Pacific Ocean as World War I battlefields beckoned them both. The bottle was a time … Read more

Stop asking ‘How was school today?’ To raise successful, mentally strong kids, ask these 7 questions instead

Stop asking ‘How was school today?’ To raise successful, mentally strong kids, ask these 7 questions instead

“My child won’t tell me anything about their day!” It’s a common concern I hear from parents in my psychotherapy office. They’re hoping to gain a glimpse into their child’s world. But asking “How was school today?” usually leads to a one-word answer. As a therapist and the author of “13 Things Mentally Strong Parents … Read more